scot-free
completely free from harm, restraint, punishment, or obligation: The driver of the car escaped from the accident scot-free. The judge let the defendant off scot-free.
Origin of scot-free
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How to use scot-free in a sentence
It is disappointing and, frankly, frightening that Thompson walked away from his repugnant Sea World excursion scot-free.
While the police may walk away scot-free, we still remember what they did.
Or, alternatively, we could run away scot-free down Fifth Avenue and pause now and then to inseminate someone.
And then when they do, because of you, they get off scot free!
Georgia Legislators Think Felons Should Be Able To Shoot You | Cliff Schecter | March 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd even if the suspect goes on to be pronounced innocent, he or she does not get off scot-free.
Sometimes an entertainment is being prepared scot-free for his back; and sometimes his back is a beautifully embroidered carpet.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonI only wish I had been there; they wouldn't have got off scot-free, the scoundrels!'
Sarah's School Friend | May BaldwinAnd if you can show that you weren't there at all—why, out you go, scot-free.
The Calico Cat | Charles Miner ThompsonHe is then considered as having paid for his footing, and may ever afterwards pass scot-free.
Hudson Bay | R.M. BallantyneCushing's coolness, courage, dash, and invincible luck had carried him scot-free through another dare-devil adventure.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.
British Dictionary definitions for scot-free
(predicative) without harm, loss, or penalty
Origin of scot-free
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